Edgewater News

Land-use amendment packets received by state in 2009 through Nov. 12: 878 Total packets received by state in 2007*: 410 *2008 included required updates of land-use plans, skewing comparisons.

Six generations of the Underhill family have farmed in Northwest Volusia County.

The owners of The Big Planet are getting a big break thanks to a city incentive package.

Nov. 12, 2009 Pat Kuehn, APR, CPRC Community Information Specialist 28th annual Farm Tour set for Nov.

Lock your car or lose your valuables, your car, or even some cash. Holly Hill officials are putting that message out to the public with their new "Lock it or Lose it" anti-theft campaign unveiled Friday.

Area residents can get rid of old electronics at a free recycling event Saturday.

Two Edgewater brothers and another 14-year-old face a number of charges after police say they were breaking into cars in the Florida Shores subdivision.

A Volusia County judge who admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a career criminal will be publicly reprimanded in front of the state's highest court, according to a Supreme Court ruling today.

Warnon Bell spent a hardscrabble life working on the railroad last century. The 88-year-old New Smyrna Beach resident said it was hard but honest work.

The Edgewater Animal Shelter is hosting a low-cost pet vaccination clinic Saturday.

Students and school employees from the Port Orange and greater New Smyrna Beach area can get free H1N1 swine flu vaccinations on Saturday.

You can't rent movies and video games at the Blockbuster Video stores at the Shoppes at Beville Road or at the beachside Bellair Shopping Plaza anymore.

Bev Skillicorn looks over items at the People for Drug Free Youth Thrift Store in New Smyrna Beach.

A+ Paintball has opened at 333 W. Marion Ave., Suite 19, Edgewater. The center has two paintball fields and an air-conditioned clubhouse.

Folks looking for a bargain on books can check out the Friends of the Edgewater Library annual fall sale today and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the library, 103 Indian River Boulevard.

Authorities say it's one of the area's largest By MARK I. JOHNSON PORT ORANGE -- Narcotics agents dismantled what they called one of the largest methamphetamine manufacturing operations ever found in Volusia County -- capable of producing $10,000 worth of the highly addictive drug weekly -- Thursday morning with the arrest of seven people and ...

Water will be on tap at two local Audubon chapter meetings this month. On Wednesday, the Southeast Volusia chapter is scheduled to hear a presentation on Central Florida's water resources by Dinah Voyles Pulver, environment writer for The Daytona Beach News-Journal. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the Edgewater Public Library, 103 ...

Teenagers are invited to celebrate their excitement for everything 'New Moon' from 5 - 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

An 18-year-old remained in jail this morning after an officer spotted him removing shingles from the roof of a convenience store in a suspected attempt to break in to the business.

People interested in opening Internet sweepstakes cafes and other adult arcade type of businesses here will have to put their plans on hold while city staff determines if new regulations are needed.